Yeremia 31
1 TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba waktunya Aku menjadi Allah semua suku Israel, dan mereka menjadi umat-Ku.
"At that time," says the LORD, "will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people."
2 Di padang gurun Aku menunjukkan belas kasihan-Ku kepada mereka yang telah luput dari maut. Ketika umat Israel mencari ketenangan,
Thus says the LORD, "The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
3 dari jauh Aku menampakkan diri-Ku kepada mereka. Hai umat Israel, sejak dulu Aku selalu mengasihi kamu, dan untuk seterusnya Aku akan tetap menunjukkan bahwa Aku selalu mengasihi kamu.
The LORD appeared to him from afar. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.
4 Bangsamu akan Kujadikan jaya seperti dahulu. Sekali lagi kamu akan mengambil rebana, dan menari dengan gembira.
Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
5 Kamu akan membuka kebun anggur di pegunungan Samaria, dan yang menanam akan memetik buahnya pula.
Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy its fruit.
6 Sungguh, akan tiba waktunya para pengawal kota berseru di pegunungan Efraim, 'Mari kita naik ke Sion, kepada TUHAN Allah kita.'"
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry, "Arise, and let us go up to Zion to the LORD our God."'"
7 TUHAN berkata, "Bernyanyilah gembira bagi Israel, umat-Ku--bangsa yang terutama dari segala bangsa. Nyanyikanlah kidung pujian, dan beritakanlah: 'TUHAN telah menyelamatkan yang tersisa dari umat-Nya.'
For thus says the LORD, "Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish, praise, and say, 'For the LORD has saved your people, the remnant of Israel.'
8 Dari utara Kubawa mereka kembali; Kukumpulkan mereka dari ujung-ujung bumi. Orang buta dan orang lumpuh akan ikut dengan mereka, juga wanita yang baru melahirkan dan yang hamil tua. Mereka semua akan datang kembali dalam jumlah yang besar ke negeri ini.
'Look, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.
9 Mereka berjalan dengan bercucuran air mata, Kuhibur dan Kubimbing mereka. Kubawa mereka melalui tempat-tempat yang banyak airnya, melalui jalan rata di tempat mereka tak akan tersandung. Bagi Israel, aku bagaikan ayah; Efraim adalah putra-Ku yang sulung."
They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.'"
10 TUHAN berkata, "Dengarlah hai bangsa-bangsa! Sampaikanlah pesan-Ku ke seberang lautan: Umat-Ku yang telah Kuceraiberaikan akan Kukumpulkan dan Kupelihara seperti gembala menjaga dombanya.
Hear the word of the LORD, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, "He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his flock."
11 Umat Israel telah Kuselamatkan, dan Kubebaskan dari bangsa yang kuat.
For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
12 Ke Bukit Sion mereka akan datang dengan muka yang berseri-seri, sambil menyanyi dengan riang karena semua pemberian-Ku kepada mereka, yaitu gandum, minyak, anggur, sapi dan domba. Mereka akan seperti taman yang cukup airnya, dan tidak kekurangan apa-apa.
They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and they shall be radient over the goodness of the LORD, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
13 Pada waktu itu gadis-gadis akan menari dengan bersuka hati. Orang tua dan orang muda sama-sama berbahagia, sebab Aku akan menghibur mereka. Duka mereka Kuubah menjadi kesukaan, kesedihan Kuubah menjadi kebahagiaan.
"Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14 Para imam akan Kupuaskan dengan makanan berkelimpahan; dan semua yang umat-Ku perlukan akan Kuberikan. Aku, TUHAN, yang mengatakan."
I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness," says the LORD.
15 TUHAN berkata, "Di Rama terdengar suara ratapan, dan keluh kesah yang diliputi kepedihan. Rahel meratapi anak-anaknya, ia tak mau dihibur sebab mereka sudah tiada.
Thus says the LORD: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and weeping and great bitterness, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more."
16 Hentikan tangismu dan keringkan air matamu! Takkan sia-sia jerih payahmu untuk anak-anakmu. Bagimu akan ada ganjaran, anak-anakmu pulang dari negeri lawan.
Thus says the LORD: "Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded," says the LORD; "and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
17 Ada harapan bagimu di masa depan; anak-anakmu akan kembali ke kampung halaman.
There is hope for your latter end," says the LORD; "and your children shall come again to their own border.
18 Kudengar umat Israel berkata penuh kesedihan, 'Ya TUHAN, kami seperti hewan yang belum dijinakkan tapi Kaulatih kami untuk patuh, dan sekarang kami siap untuk balik kepada-Mu. Jadi, bawalah kami kembali, ya TUHAN, Allah kami.
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, 'You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God.
19 Engkau telah kami belakangi, tapi perbuatan itu kami sesali. Setelah Engkau menghukum kami, kepala kami tertunduk karena sedih. Kami malu dan menjadi hina karena telah berdosa pada masa muda.'
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.'
20 Israel, engkau anak kesayangan-Ku, anak tercinta, buah hati-Ku. Setiap kali Aku mengancammu Aku selalu ingat padamu dengan rindu. Engkau akan Kuperlakukan dengan penuh belas kasihan.
Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him," says the LORD.
21 Tandailah jalan-jalan, pasanglah rambu-rambu carilah jalan yang kautempuh dahulu. Hai, Israel, pulanglah! Kembalilah ke kota-kotamu yang semula.
"Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
22 Sampai kapan kau terus ragu-ragu, hai bangsa yang tak setia kepada-Ku? Aku telah menciptakan sesuatu yang baru di dunia, sesuatu yang ganjil--seganjil wanita melindungi pria."
How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man."
23 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel berkata, "Apabila umat-Ku sudah Kujadikan jaya seperti dahulu, maka di negeri Yehuda dan di desa-desanya akan terdengar lagi orang berkata, 'Semoga TUHAN memberkati bukit suci di Yerusalem tempat kediaman yang khusus bagi-Nya.'
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: 'The LORD bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.'
24 Orang akan tinggal di Yehuda dan di desa-desanya. Di sana akan ada petani dan peternak dengan sapi dan dombanya.
Judah and all its cities shall dwell in it together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.
25 Mereka yang lelah akan Kusegarkan, dan yang lesu karena kelaparan akan Kukenyangkan.
For I have satisfied the weary soul, and I have filled every sorrowful soul."
26 Pada waktu itu orang akan berkata, 'Setelah tidur nyenyak, aku merasa segar.'
On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
27 Aku, TUHAN, berkata bahwa akan tiba masanya negeri Israel dan Yehuda Kupenuhi dengan manusia dan hewan.
"Look, the days come," says the LORD, "that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of animal.
28 Sebagaimana dahulu Aku telah menjaga mereka supaya kemudian Aku mencabut, meruntuhkan dan menghancurkan mereka, begitu pula Aku akan menjaga mereka supaya Aku meneguhkan dan bangun mereka kembali.
It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant," says the LORD.
29 Pada waktu itu orang tidak akan berkata lagi, 'Orang tua makan buah yang asam, gigi anaknya yang merasa ngilu,'
"In those days they shall say no more, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'
30 melainkan siapa makan buah yang asam, dia sendirilah yang akan ngilu giginya. Setiap orang akan mati karena dosanya sendiri."
But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
31 TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba masanya Aku membuat perjanjian yang baru dengan umat Israel dan Yehuda.
Look, the days come," says the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Tapi perjanjian itu bukan seperti perjanjian yang Kubuat dengan leluhur mereka ketika Kutuntun mereka keluar dari Mesir. Sekalipun Aku seperti seorang suami bagi mereka, namun mereka mengingkari perjanjian-Ku dengan mereka.
not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, and I disregarded them," says the LORD.
33 Inilah perjanjian baru yang akan Kubuat dengan umat Israel: Hukum-hukum-Ku akan Kutaruh di dalam batin mereka, dan Kutulis pada hati mereka. Aku akan menjadi Allah mereka, dan mereka akan menjadi umat-Ku.
"But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days," says the LORD: "I will put my law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
34 Tak perlu lagi seorang pun dari mereka mengajar sesamanya untuk mengenal TUHAN. Sebab mereka semua, besar kecil, akan mengenal Aku. Kesalahan-kesalahan mereka akan Kulupakan, dosa-dosa mereka akan Kuampuni. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD'; for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest, for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sins I will remember no more."
35 Matahari disediakan TUHAN untuk menerangi siang; bulan dan bintang-bintang untuk menerangi malam. Laut diaduknya sehingga gelombang bergelora, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, itulah namanya.
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; the LORD of hosts is his name:
36 TUHAN berjanji, "Selama hukum alam tak berubah Israel pun akan tetap ada sebagai bangsa.
"If this fixed order departs from before me," says the LORD, "then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever."
37 Sekiranya suatu waktu langit dapat diukur, dan dasar bumi dapat diselidiki, pada waktu itulah Israel akan Kutolak karena segala perbuatan mereka yang jahat. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
Thus says the LORD: "If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the descendants of Israel for all that they have done," says the LORD.
38 TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba masanya seluruh Yerusalem dibangun kembali sebagai kota-Ku, dari Menara Hananeel sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Sudut.
"Look, the days come," says the LORD, "that the city shall be built to the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
39 Dari situ garis batasnya menuju ke Bukit Gareb, lalu membelok ke Goa.
The measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah.
40 Seluruh lembah itu, yang dipakai sebagai kuburan dan tempat pembuangan sampah, dan semua ladang di tepi Sungai Kidron sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Kuda ke arah timur, akan dikhususkan untuk Aku. Kota Yerusalem tidak akan diruntuhkan lagi atau dihancurkan."
The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever."
